Tricycle



(No Model.)

W. L. FAY.

TRIOYGLE. No. 343,165. Patented June 8, 1886.

Witnesses. Inventor.

UNITED STATES PATENT @rricn.

\V. LAMARTINE FAY, OF ELY'RIA, OHIO.

.TRICYCLE.

SPECIFICA'IION forming part of Letters Patent No. 343,165, dated June 8,1886.

Serial No. 175,035. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that LW. LAMARTINE FAY, a citizen of the United States,residing at El yria, in the county of Lorain and State of Ohio, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Tricycles, of which thefollowing is-a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in tricycles which are propelled bythe feet acting on a double crank on the axle through the means oflevers connected therewith.

The object of my invention is to provide a tricycle for girls andladies,that will be simple and durablein construction,be adj ustable,andpermit of graceful and healthful movements on the part of the operator.I attain these objects by means of the mechanism illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which Figurel is a side elevation of mymachine; and Fig. 2 is a plan view of Fig. l, with the seat and ends offrame or support to same re moved, but their positions indicated bydotted lines.

- Similar letters refer tosimilar parts th roughout the several views.

A A represent two wheels, attached to an axle, one of which is rigidlyattached thereto and acts as the drivingwheel, and the other one turnsfreely. It is immaterial which is made fast or which loose.

B represents an axle,provided near its center with a double crank.

O is a steering-wheel for the machine, and also acts as a support to thefront end of same.

D represents a suitable seat, supported nearly over said axle by twostandards or supports, (1 d, the lower ends of which are secured bysuitable bearings on said axle, and the upper ends extend under saidseat,as represented by dotted lines in Fig. 2, and are securely boltedor fastened to said seat.

F represents another support to said seat, connected with the wheel 0,and forming also support for a bar supporting the levers hereinafterspecified.

e is a fork which straddles the wheel 0, a bearing being formed for saidwheel by means of a short journal passing through the ends thereof andthe center of said wheel. The upper end of said fork is provided with avertical bearing extending up through the head 6, attached to the end ofthe support F. The upper end of the fork eis suitably constructed forattaching a steering-rod, a, which is provided with a handle, a.

Across the front end of the support F, and near the head e,is rigidlysecured a cross-bar. b, of suitable length, to the outer ends of whichare pivoted two levers, ZZ. These levers, at or near their lower ends,are provided with the pedals p. The lower ends of thelevers l Zareconnected each with one of the cranks of said axle by means of strap,bar, connecting-rod, or other suitable means, 0 0, so constructed as to.be capable of being let out or taken up, and thereby raising or loweringthe pedals p p, to suit the length of leg of the rider.

In the drawings, a bar is shown as representing c 0 provided with boltsand a series of holes for shortening or lengtheningsame. The lower orfront ends of these bars 0 c are pivoted to the lower or rear ends ofthe levers ll, and the back ends are provided with journals soconstructed as to turn freely on the cranks of said axle.

The operation of my invention is such that the operation of pressingdown and sli htly forward on the pedals p p, alternately the machinewill be propelled forward or backward, as desired, while the feet of theoperator, will be moved through the arc of a circle, being also an easyand graceful downward and forward motion, which permits the'weight aswell as the strength of the operator to be used as a propelling force.

The length of the stroke or motion of the feet in operating the machinecan be varied,if desired,by changing the position of the pedals p p onthe levers Z Z. The machine is guided by turning the steeringwheel asdesired by means of the rod a.

I am aware that tricycles or vclocipedes have been heretoforeconstructed with pendent levers attached to near the front ends of the1nachine,and provided with stationary pedals attached between theirends, and make no claim thereto.

I am aware that in such machines the lower ends of said pendent levershave been connected with the crank of the axle to said machines by meansof non-adjustable connectingrods, andI make no claim thereto; but Ihaveno knowledge that either the pedals or conmeeting-rods have been madeadjustable under 2. In a tricycle,the combination of the pendsuchcircumstances.

. ent levers Z I, provided with the pedals p1), WVhat Iclaim as new,auddesire to secure by and the adjustable connecting-rods c a, con- LettersPatent of the United States, is necting the lower ends of the levers Z Zwith I 5 5 1. In atricyole,the combination of thepend I the cranks ofthe axle, all as above set forth,

ent levers Z I, provided with the adjustable I and substantially asdescribed. pedals p 1), attached at a point between ends,

and the adjustable rods 0 0, connecting the LAMARTINE lower ends of thelevers Z Z with the cranks of Vitnesses: 10 the axle, all as above setforth, and substair l E. O. MANTER,

tially as described. W. P. DAWLEY.

